ACAI Gallery

Clay therapy. If you’ve never tried it before, you’ve never had a chance to just let your unconscious express itself through the medium of clay. And don’t give me that, «I’m not an artist» bull crap. Everyone is an artist! We just express ourselves differently.
ACAI Gallery is a little off the beaten tracks in the suburbs of Fair Oaks. Located on Winding Way, it’s ACROSS the street from the corner strip mall (where Takieng Thai is) in a converted house. Tons of parking!
As an actual 501c3 you can take parent/​child pottery classes, adult wheel classes or sculpting classes, anything related to pottery. There are tons of glazes, four working kilns and one for raku firing. You can also rent out artist studio space or pay a monthly fee to use the studio. There is also a gallery onsite that showcases local artists.
Instructors show you the basics you need to make your own creations and masterpieces. Also for that person who «has everything» this is the perfect spot to make a one-​of-​a-​kind birthday or Christmas gift.
Taking pottery has taught me the lesson of impermanence and non-​attachment. At my solo attempts on the wheel I’ve made a lot of «tornados» — objects that start out as beautiful bowls and vases but invariably get twisted into abstractions of weirdness.